Pericles by William Shakespeare is an intriguing play about the adventures of Pericles. Pericles discovers an incestuous relationship between Antiochus, the king of Antioch, and his daughter. He flees for his life and marries Thaisa, who is presumed dead and then revived by the great physician Cerimon. Mired in grief, Pericles refuses to speak until he meets his daughter Marina, who then reunites him with his wife Thaisa. It has taken several years but the three of them are finally able to enjoy life as a family.
Pericles (ca. 495-429 BC) was the leading statesman of Athens for an unprecedented period and brought it to the height of its political power and its artistic achievement. The years from 446 to 429 ha...
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The English playwright, poet, and actor William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is generally acknowledged to be the greatest of English writers and one of the most extraordinary creators in human history.The ...
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Considered by critics, scholars, and the theater-going public the most important dramatist in the history of English literature, William Shakespeare occupies a unique position in the pantheon of great...
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"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or ...
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William Shakespeare's reputation is based primarily on his plays. With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early nineteenth century for autobiographical secrets allegedly ...
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Biography Essay"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer,...
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Success often leads to overconfidence and an artificial blindness that prohibits people from realizing the threats they face and how those threats will affect what will happen in their future. In the ...
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Pericles' unmatched skills as a politician gave him the ability to truly take the helm of Athenian government and steer Athens in the direction of his vision. Under Pericles Athens reached it greatest...
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Athens rose to greatness during the fifth century B.C, and it is fiercely believed that this ascension to greatness was due, largely in part to the immense efforts and innumerable achievements of one ...
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Pericles was a renowned and influential statesman, speaker and general of Athens. He was born during 490 BC from the Alcmaeonidae family and died on 429 BC from plague at 61 years of age. His father w...
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